We transform healthcare delivery with clinical expertise from the world-renowned Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
01. Who we are
Expertise from world-leading hospitals
At Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, we’re dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of patients and their families in the UK and across the world.
We bring together expertise and excellence from five internationally-renowned hospitals: Evelina London Children’s, Guy’s, Harefield, Royal Brompton and St Thomas’. Collaborating as a service, we lead the way in treating the most complex cases – from before birth to later in life.
Our specialists have expertise in diverse areas including heart and lung care, cancer treatment, surgery, diagnostics, and women’s and children’s health. We’re also committed to education and training, and sharing our knowledge for the benefit of all patients.
Internationally recognised expertise
Across Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, all of the hospitals that make up adults and children services are ranked as some of the world’s best for 2024 by US Newsweek, the American weekly news magazine. This includes special recognition for cardiology, cardiac surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics and gynaecology, respiratory medicine, paediatrics, and urology.
We are recognised for having some of the ‘World’s Best Smart Hospitals’ for our use of technological innovation in care. This includes advances in the use of robotics, imaging and artificial intelligence.
Delivering gold-standard care against high demand
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK. We understand what it takes to deliver clinical excellence while balancing high demand for services. Our 25,000 staff manage 1,748 inpatient beds across 4 adult hospitals, treat over 120,000 children per year at our dedicated children’s hospital, and manage 2.6 million patient contacts a year.
Our Trust is also a high-volume centre for robotic surgery; We were the first in the UK to perform 10,000 surgeries with the da Vinci surgical system, and we use it across specialty areas including head and neck, gastrointestinal, gynaecology, transplant and urology surgery.
Specialists in research, education, and innovation
We have close academic and research relationships with King’s College London and Imperial College London – many of our consultants also lecture at these universities. This gives us access to cutting-edge international research trials placing us at the forefront of advancing care.
We provide education and training to healthcare professionals as part of their continued professional development. In addition to online lectures and courses, we offer clinical fellowships and observerships, as well as visiting doctor programmes.
Based at our Trust, the Centre for Innovation, Transformation and Improvement (CITI) works to develop innovative solutions to the most pressing healthcare problems. It has four areas of focus – artificial intelligence automation, surgical care, remote care and genomics and precision medicine.
02. What we do
We help advance healthcare practices
Our hospitals have been at the forefront of medical innovation for over 900 years and are home to world leaders in clinical excellence across a wide range of specialties.
We share our knowledge with health systems and providers, so they may advance practices, improve processes, and deliver the best care for their patients.
Our consultants work across all levels of healthcare services to deliver gold-standard care. We offer a depth of expertise in innovation, including genetic oncology, remote surgery, international clinical fellowship programmes, and high intensity theatre lists to reduce waiting times for routine procedures.
Providing best-in-class clinical care
We operate at a health system-level to transform care effectively and efficiently across multiple clinical pathways. This ensures that the right care is provided in the right place at the right time.
This could be the introduction of new technologies to monitor the health of patients remotely, or advising on how to develop an integrated care model.
Increasing breadth, depth and quality of clinical specialties
We are experts in operational excellence, with experience across a diverse range of high-demand specialist areas, including cardiac surgery, oncology and emergency medicine.
We provide an expert clinical perspective in the design and development of new and existing facilities, as well as specialist centres, to deliver the highest standard of care.
Transforming healthcare services
A state-of-the-art healthcare service is built on the dedication and expertise of the people working within it. Ensuring they have the right tools, skills and processes in place is paramount.
If we determine that new service innovations and improvements are needed, we will also design, develop, and implement the training programmes and patient pathways that go with them so that every part of the service works seamlessly together.
03. How we do it
Delivering clinically led solutions
With our extensive healthcare experience, we know the challenges of delivering care on strategic, operational, and practical levels. We are well positioned to guide and support healthcare organisations on their journey to achieving operational excellence.
We know what it takes to deliver a gold-standard service in a demanding environment. In addition to managing a state-of-the-art cancer centre, one of the busiest emergency departments in London, and the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK, we also provide specialist community outreach clinics at over 50 locations in partnership with local hospitals.
Blending international standards with local requirements
What works for one healthcare service may not work for another. That’s why we align closely with health leaders to understand their unique challenges and co-develop solutions that make most sense locally.
We adapt and share knowledge gained from our world-class hospitals to guide improvements in the key areas of healthcare systems. We support our clients with their clinical strategies and quality governance structures to drive efficiencies, increase performance, and improve quality of care for better patient outcomes.
Building workforce capability
A health service is only as good as its people. We are one of the country’s largest postgraduate medical education centres, and part of King’s Health Partners, an academic health science centre which includes globally renowned university King’s College London. Additionally, through the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, we are also part of Imperial College Health Partners Academic Health Science Network. This means we can translate existing best practice into excellent patient care.
We design bespoke education and training programmes to help healthcare professionals and the systems they work in to excel. Whether it’s participating in our International Clinical Fellowship Programme, or hands-on support in surgical training for complex cases from our leading consultants, we provide everything that’s needed.
Designing services and delivering operational excellence
As one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK, we see millions of patients each year – including the most complex cases. Through our knowledge of clinical service design, we co-develop improvements to existing services, as well as completely new services.
We identify the tools, technologies and processes needed to achieve operational excellence.
Contact us
Reach out to our consulting team to see how we can help you. By sharing our knowledge, we are committed to advancing healthcare globally.